Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€12,283M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€244M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,294M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,869M
GVA — construction (F)
€652M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,112M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€26,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
39,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€44,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€29,556M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€4,134M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€86,336M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,352M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,630M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
156,510
Self-employed persons
12,940
Employment in manufacturing (C)
36,400
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.4%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
9.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
27.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
32.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.7%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
18.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.2%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
603 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,343
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
780
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
32
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
4
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
189,157
Population aged 65+
69,469
Population aged under 15
41,671
Median age of population
47.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.7%
Crude rate of total population change
-0.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.7 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.46
Population density (persons per km²)
228 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.7 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
41.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
263 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,283 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
23 /M